On May 14 the (Triple-I), co-hosted a webinar with ResilientH20 Partners that focused on managing extreme weather events in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.The panelists discussed the changing role of stakeholders across the private sector, governments and non-profit/NGOs. The drew from their backgrounds across government, business and insurance to discuss the immediate challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the downturn in the economy, and near-term flood and storm threats. Click to view a recording of the webinar.
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Some of the key
takeaways include:
This
webinar is the first in a new series of thought leadership sessions that aims
to be a catalyst for public-private-partnerships focused on enhancing
pre-disaster risk mitigation at each step of the resilience value-chain, from
financing to development, management, technology selection and
crisis-management.The Atlantic
hurricane season starts on Monday, June 1, but could get an early start with Tropical Storm Arthur.
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